Zimbabwe high court frees journalist and protest organiser on bail
The two were arrested in July and charged with inciting public violence for allegedly calling for the removal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government
02 September 2020 - 17:15
Harare — Prominent Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was on Wednesday afternoon granted bail by the high court in Harare after spending 43 days in incarceration at the country’s maximum security prison.
Chin’ono, who had been denied bail three times, was one of the journalists who exposed corruption in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, leading to the arrest and subsequent firing of health minister Obadiah Moyo over a $60m Covid-19 corruption case...
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